On Mon, Aug 21, 2017 at 7:55 AM, Erwin Brandstetter <brsaw...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On top of this (separate issue?) ',' and '.' are ***not*** interpreted > according to the current LC_NUMERIC setting. I.e.: even with (example) > Austrian locale, ',' still is interpreted as group separator and '.' still > is the decimal point. > It seems those just follow standard meaning without locale (C locale) - > while 'D' and 'G' pattern symbols enforce locale specific format. It took > me a while to untangle this and I suspect many people will fail to > understand it. > > Table 9-26 on that page says "(uses locale)" for D and G, the user is left to deduce that since comma and period do not have that qualifier that they are not locale dependent. > I guess there should be some more explanation. > I don't really agree but I wouldn't discourage someone from submitting a patch. David J.
